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「当世美人合 富士帰ノ夕立」
Sudden Shower on the Way Home from the Fuji Festival (Fuji kaeri no yûdachi), from the series Contest of Present-day Beauties (Tôsei bijin awase)
「当世美人合 富士帰ノ夕立」
Japanese
Edo period
about 1827 (Bunsei 10)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 36.4 x 25.6 cm (14 5/16 x 10 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Nellie Parney Carter Collection—Bequest of Nellie Parney Carter
Accession Number34.456
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Seikado, Kunisada (exh. cat., 1996), #90
DescriptionThe straw snake in the inset is a souvenir of the Fuji Festival celebrating the annual opening of Mount Fuji to pilgrims on the first day of the sixth month. Residents of Edo visited mounds representing Fuji in locations such as Asakusa or Komagome.
Signed
Gototei Kunisada ga
五渡亭国貞画
五渡亭国貞画
Marks
Censor's seal: kiwame
改印：極
改印：極
Provenance1934, bequest of Nellie Parney Carter to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 4, 1934)